Shishapangma Trek Tours & Activities

About Shishapangma Trek

Introduction: Shisha Pangma, referred to in Tibetan as "the divine force of the fields", is the most reduced of the world's fourteen 8000 meter tops. It is likewise the main 8000-meter top found completely in Tibet. Yet it is as extraordinary as any trek in Tibet or even better. Though in downpour shadow zone, the storm cloud figures out how to push over the Jugal Himal, bringing some downpour most evenings from June until right on time September in this district. The overland visit to Lhasa is advanced by various experience with yak and sheepherders, the tranquil blue lakes and the captivating magnificence of the Tibetan plateau.

Tibet Top Attractions

Well known for its stupendous mountain tops and the unwaveringness and benevolence of its occupants (the Sherpas), the Everest locale (Khumbu) is a standout amongst the most mainstream destinations for vacationers in Nepal. While huge numbers of the courses through the mountains are challenging, there are abundant spots to rest and appreciate a feast along the way. Besides, don't stress over getting lost. Simply ask a neighborhood the path to the following town on your course, and they will guide you.
Location: Tibet
Prices: Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000
Best time to visit: April to June and September to December
Altitude: 5,380 m
Difficulty level: high
Highlights:
• Trek to the foot of amazing Everest, the world's most noteworthy mountain.
• Set out on testing treks to Kala Pattar (18,192'), Nangkartshang Peak (16,672'). furthermore, Everest Base Camp (17,590').
• Investigate Sherpa towns and the old Thami and Tengboche religious communities.
• Visit a school set up by Sir Edmund Hillary in the mountain town of Khumjung.

Lying at the western rural areas of Lhasa, Norbulingka is 2 km toward the east of the Potala Palace. In 1988, the State Council approved it to end up a national vital social relic security unit. On Dec. 14, 2001, the UNESCO included Norbulingka into the expansion subjects of the Potala Palace which is enrolled as a World Cultural Heritage site. In 2001, the State Tourism Administration evaluated Norbulingka as 4A on the national tourism locale level. Norbulingka signifies "Treasure Garden" in the Tibetan dialect. It was first implicit the mid-eighteenth century and expected today's scale through numerous extensions. Norbulingka has 3 sections: the patio before the royal residence, the castle and woodland. With more than 400 arrangements of rooms, the greenhouse takes up 3.6 square kilometers, among which 3.4 square km are green knolls or woods. Location: Lhasa
Highlights:
• Temple
• Losel Doll Museum
• Shop
• Hummingbird Café

Yangbajain is a town 87 kilometers northwest of Lhasa City. It is a rich green valley encompassed by the Nomads with yaks and sheep along the slope. The town is well known for its Yangbajain Hot Springs which are geothermic and have been created and used to deliver a large portion of the power for Lhasa and ranges adjacent. The field of Yangbajing Hot Springs field has a height of around 4500 meters which makes it the most noteworthy elevation of its kind in China. The water temperature is around 30 to 84 degrees centigrade. The Yangbajing Geothermol Power Station is situated on the edge of the Yangbajing Hot Springs field. As the principal geothermal force station it has a territory of around 30 square kilometers.
Location: Lhasa
Highlights:
• 87 Km’s long
• Surrounded by green valley
• Water temperature varies from 30 to 84 degrees centigrade

Jokhang signifies 'Place of Buddha'. Situated in the focal point of old Lhasa city, Jokhang Monastery is the prime seat of the Gelugpa (Yellow) Branch of Tibetan Buddhism. It was initially implicit 647 AD. Jokhang Temple is the profound focal point of Tibet and the holiest destination for all Tibetan Buddhist pioneers. Through ni It is said the site was picked actually by the wife of King Songtsan Gampo, the Tang Princess Wen Cheng. The princess saw Wutang, a lake in Lhasa, to be a "fiend's heart", a wellspring of abhorrence, and had it filled in and the sanctuary based on the site to balance insidious strengths.
Location: Central Lhasa, 2 km (1.5 miles) east of the Potala Palace, in the middle of the Barkhor Street circuit.
Best time to visit: Anytime in the year
Highlights:
• Life-Sized Sitting Buddha Statue
• Tibetan New Year Celebration
• Barkhor Street
• Lhasa Mosque
• Ramoche Temple
• The Potala Palace.

This trek is going through canyons, forested slants, snow capped glades and the fields of the Changtang. The trek starts on the principle street to the Namtso lake, 5km past the Damxung-Lhasa Hwy turn-off. The trail cuts over the relentless Nyenchen Tanglha range and heads straightforwardly for Tashi Do, the praised headland on the southeast shore of Namtso.
Location: Tibet
Best time to visit: April to June and September to December
Altitude: 5,300 m
Difficulty level: Average
Highlights:
• Go down into the entrails of the Potala Palace, the great yet spiritless bastion of the Dalai Lamas.
• Join the rearranging, mumbling pioneers around the places of worship of the Jokhang Temple, the otherworldly heart of Tibet.
• Take after friars, beggars and kindred travelers around the Barkhor Street, Lhasa's entrancing medieval explorer circuit.
• Take in a supplication to God meeting or some friar debating at Sera and Drepung Monastery, two of the biggest and most in place of Tibet's incredible religious communities.

Mt. Amnye Machen has for some time been viewed as a holy mountain and a position of the journey. Previously, up to 10,000 Tibetans would make the 120-mile circumambulation of the mountain every year. The principal European adventurers depicted it as one of the colossal geological disclosures of the twentieth century. On your excursion to the heavenly mountain, drive by red dirt mountains, sand hills, and the Yellow River.
Location: Amnye Machen
Prices: Rs 6999 to Rs 7999
Best time to visit: In winter
Altitude: 8000m
Difficulty level: Very highHighlights:
• Nomads along the Amnye Machen range
• Monastery on the north side of the mountain
• Prayer flags across a high pass on Amnye Machen
• Amnye Machen viewed from near Chuwarna (Xue Shan)
• Nomad Tibetans around Amnye Machen
• Pilgrims prostrating along the kora of Amnye Machen
• Foreigners on an organized trek around Amnye Machen using yaks
• Small village near the Amnye Machen glaciers

This astonishing castle has the pleasure of being the most astounding antiquated royal residence on the planet, with its most noteworthy point achieving 3,750 meters (12,300 feet) above ocean level, towering 100 meters (300 feet) over the city of Lhasa. The Potala Palace has remained for quite a long time as a demonstration of the Tibetan individuals and their convictions. A huge number of travelers from around the globe come each year to pay reverence to this great home and the image it remains for.
Location: central Lhasa, 2 km north of the Lhasa river, 5 km south of Sera Monastery, 3 km east of Norbulingka, and 2 km west of Jokhang Temple
Best time to visit: Any time in year
Highlights:
• The Red Palace
• The White Palace
• Inside the Potala Palace
• The Golden Roof Group

Another attraction in Tibet which is a must see for you is the Meru Nyingpa Monastry. Meru Nyingpa is an unassuming monastery settled profound inside the complex back streets and whitewashed dividers of the old Barkor neighborhood. Its history comes to back to the establishing of the Jokhang, to the starting point of Budhhism in Tibet. The Jokhang, housed inside the bigger complex of the Tsuklakkhang, is a notable structure and the focal church of the Tibetan Buddhist world.
Highlights: The religious community is swarmed with Tibetans thumbing prayer beads or chanting prayer. Another fascinating element of the religious community is one of a kind devout complex situated inside the focal point of Lhasa. The structure of Meru Nyingpa contains the components that portray the quintessential Tibetan Buddhist religious community.
Location: Meru Nyingpa Monastery is located in the Barkor area at the heart of the old city of Lhasa.
Price: The entry to this monastery is free of cost.

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